Farleigh Rovers Football Club is a
football club based in
Warlingham
Warlingham is a villages in England, village in the Tandridge (district), Tandridge district of Surrey, England, south of the centre of London and east of the county town, Guildford. Warlingham is the centre of a civil parishes in England, ...
,
Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Parsonage Field.
History
The club was established in 1922 and were initially known as Farleigh & Chelsham.
[History]
Farleigh Rovers F.C. They joined the Edenbridge and Caterham League in 1923 and won the Sportsmans Cup in their first season in the league.
[ They were Division Two champions in 1931–32 and Division One champions in 1956–57.]
Farleigh Rovers F.C.[ which they won in 1959–60 and 1969–70.][
In 1976 Farleigh joined the Surrey Intermediate League. They won Division Three in 1978–79 and were Premier Division champions in 1981–82.][ In 1982 the club were founder members of the Surrey Premier League, winning it in its first two seasons.]Combined Counties League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and ...
in 1984.[ In 1994 the club dropped back into the Surrey Premier League, which was now known as the ]Surrey County Senior League
The Surrey County Senior League (previously known as the ''Surrey County Premier League'') was a football competition based in Surrey, England. It operated from 1982 until 2003 when it was absorbed into the Combined Counties League, which had it ...
. They finished bottom of the league in 1995–96 and 1999–2000, but won the league's Premier Cup in 2002–03.[ They returned to the Combined Counties League when the Surrey County Senior League became its Division One in 2003.][ In 2014–15 they won Division One but were denied promotion due to ground grading issues.
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Ground
The club initially played at Farleigh Common, before buying the land that was to become Parsonage Field in 1959 following a collection amongst the players.[ They played at the Croydon Arena during the 2010–11 due to Parsonage Field not having floodlights.Farleigh Rovers ready for a fresh start]
Croydon Advertiser, 27 August 2010
Honours
*Combined Counties League
**Division One champions 2014–15
*Surrey County Senior League
**Champions 1982–83, 1982–83
**Premier Cup winners 2002–03
*Surrey Intermediate League
**Premier Division champions 1981–82
**Division Three champions 1978–79
*Croydon League
**Premier Division champions 1959–60, 1969–70
*Edenbridge & Caterham League
**Division One champions 1956–57
**Division Two champions 1931–32
**Sportsmans Cup winners 1923–34
Records
*Best FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...
performance: First round, 1987–88[
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References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Surrey
Association football clubs established in 1922
1922 establishments in England
Surrey County Intermediate League (Western)
Surrey County Senior League
Combined Counties Football League